Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 31
Total events naming patron - 8
Troupes - 5
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 8
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1313-08 (born between this date and 14 Feb. 1313/14)
Death Date: 1369-11-13

Notes

Marriage and wardship granted to Roger Mortimer (1287--1330), 1st Earl of March, July 1318; wardship lost between 1322--6 and regained 1326/7. Much of career spent on various military campaigns in England and France

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1325-2-22
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Papal dispensation for marriage received 19 April 1319, but marriage was delayed until a second dispensation was received 22 Feb. 1324/5

Offspring

From Mortimer, Catherine de ( - 1369)

  1. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Maud de (d. 1403)
  2. Male offspring: Beauchamp, Guy de (d. 1360)
  3. Male offspring: Beauchamp, Thomas de (1337 - 1401)
  4. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Phillipa de (d. 1386)
  5. Male offspring: Beauchamp, Reinburn de (d. 1361)
  6. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Alice de (n.d.)
  7. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Joan de (n.d.)
  8. Male offspring: Beauchamp, William de (1343 - 1411) (patron)
  9. Male offspring: Beauchamp, Roger de (d. 1361)
  10. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Isabel de (n.d.)
  11. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Margaret de (n.d.)
  12. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Agnes de (n.d.)
  13. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Juliane de (n.d.)
  14. Female offspring: Beauchamp, Katherine de (n.d.)

Primary Title

11th Earl of Warwick

Titles

  • 11th Earl of Warwick
    Assumed 1315-08-12
    Vacated 1369-11-13
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1348
    Vacated 1369-11-13

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chamberlain of the Exchequer, England 1315-8-12 1369-11-13 Hereditary office
Constable, Worcestershire 1315-8-12 1369-11-13 Hereditary office
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1330-12-10 1369-11-13 Hereditary office
JP, Warwickshire 1332 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1332 n.d.
Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1337 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1338 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1338 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1338 n.d.
Keeper, Southampton 1339-7-10 n.d.
Justice, Buckinghamshire 1342-4-20 n.d.
Justice, Northamptonshire 1342-4-20 n.d.
Justice, Oxfordshire 1342-4-20 n.d.
Marshal of England, England 1343/4-2-10 1369-11-13
Sheriff, Warwickshire 1344-6-26 1369-11-13 For life
Sheriff, Leicestershire 1344-6-26 1369-11-13 For life
JP, Warwickshire 1345 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1351 1353
JP, Worcestershire 1351 1354
Admiral of the Fleet, England 1353-10-15 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1367 1368
JP, Worcestershire 1367 1369

General Lands Note

Custody of lands during minority granted to Hugh Despenser the elder 21 June 1317; granted to Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 1326/7; livery of lands 20 Feb. 1328/9

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire: Kirtling Manor
    Acquired: 1337
  • Cheshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Essex
  • Glamorgan: Gower Lordship & Swansea Castle
    Acquired: 1353
  • Gloucestershire: Lydney
  • Hampshire
  • Herefordshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Middlesex
  • Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Castle & Honour
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Northumberland
  • Oxfordshire
  • Rutland
  • Somerset
  • Staffordshire: Walsall Manor
    Acquired: 1336
    Divested: 1355
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Sussex
  • Warwickshire: Warwick Castle
  • Wiltshire
  • Worcestershire
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1339-1340 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Warwick's Entertainer/s
Performance 1361-1361 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Warwick's Entertainers
Performance 1337-1338 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Harper
Performance 1337-1338 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance 1351-1352 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s
Performance 1338-1339 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance 1345-1345 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrels
Performance 1346-1347 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Earl of Warwick's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Warwick's Entertainer/s Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Entertainers Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Warwick's Harper Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Musicians 1
Earl of Warwick's Minstrel/s Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Earl of Warwick's Minstrels Beauchamp, Thomas de (1313 - 1369) Entertainers/Minstrels 3

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Elmley Castle Worcestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III [1327–77]. 16 vols. London: HMSO, 1891–1916.
Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward III [1327–77]. 14 vols. London: HMSO, 1896–1913.
Calendar of the Fine Rolls [1272–1509]. 22 vols. London: HMSO, 1911–1962.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 2. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, ed. The Victoria History of the County of Stafford. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 17 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1968-.